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Personal Thoughts:

Because it's CLAMP. Actually I did like this character design from the original series a lot. I wanted to pick something that went along with my cosplay partner's character bucketlist. As a compromise we went with this Code Geass series because the we liked the character designs from this the most. Also, this costume was selected to go along with a convention theme that I plan to debut it at. The theme is "love" so when not have a Queen of Hearts costume to celebrate it with. But seriously CLAMP! I'm long overdue. I already have two other ones in progress. It's cosplay crack. I held off on doing one for a while but I cannot no longer hold back.